Scary Nutrition Facts About Kids' Snacks

Strawberry Flavor

The fact: Fast-food restaurants use up to 50 different chemicals, according to Discovery, including ethyl acetate and phenethyl alcohol, to create the strawberry flavor you find in their milkshakes and ice cream.

The advice: Although strawberry milkshakes are kid-friendly favorites, think twice before letting your kids order one. Potential negative effects of chemicals impact children more so than adults, because they are smaller and still developing, says nutrition physician specialist Dr. Melina Jampolis, author of The Calendar Diet. She suggests "making your own homemade version with real strawberries and low-fat frozen yogurt to minimize the risk as much as possible,” and to serve the dessert sparingly.